Sherf Surname
Approximately 659 people bear this surname
Sherf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| United States | 190 | 1:1,907,679 | 123,720 |
| Russia | 159 | 1:906,434 | 71,932 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 1:1,607,500 | 79,317 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
Sherf (178) may also be a first name.
Sherf Demographics
Average Sherf Salary in
United States
$57,634 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sherf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sherf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sherf (Russian: Шерф) is found most in Egypt. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sherf? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sherf is the 499,597th most widespread surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 11,058,492 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 39 percent of Sherf are found; 37 percent are found in North Africa and 37 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 683,417th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 178 people.
The surname Sherf is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 244 people, or 1 in 376,786. Beside Egypt it is found in 21 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and Russia, where 24 percent live.
Sherf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sherf has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sherf last name grew 633 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sherf Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sherf last name are 24.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 78% being registered with the political party.
Sherf earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 33.57% more than the national average, earning $57,634 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sherf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sherf in the Russian language | ||
| Шерф | serf | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sherf
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